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		<H2><A NAME="Header_9" ></A>How To Use It</H2>
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<LI><A HREF="usrgu020.htm#HDROVE">Chapter 1. "Overview"</A>, describes IBM
Visualization Data Explorer--an
integrated visualization environment--and its
main features.
<LI><A HREF="usrgu022.htm#HDRVIS">Chapter 2. "Introduction to Visualization"</A>
introduces the basic terminology and
working principle of Data Explorer.
<LI><A HREF="usrgu024.htm#HDRDATMOD">Chapter 3. "Understanding the Data
Model"</A>, presents a formal description of
Data Explorer&#39;s underlying data model.
(Users who do not require such a description, however, should find the
informal treatment in <A HREF="usrgu022.htm#HDRVIS">Chapter 2. "Introduction to
Visualization"</A> sufficient
for their purposes.)
<LI><A HREF="usrgu026.htm#HDRXMOD">Chapter 4. "Data Explorer Execution
Model"</A> describes the Data Explorer
execution model.
<LI>The next five chapters deal with various aspects of the Data Explorer
graphical user interface:
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<LI><A HREF="usrgu036.htm#HDRUNDUSE">Chapter 5. "Graphical User Interface:
Basics"</A>
<LI><A HREF="usrgu040.htm#HDRUNDUS2">Chapter 6. "Graphical User Interface:
Important Windows"</A>
<LI><A HREF="usrgu043.htm#HDRUNDUS3">Chapter 7. "Graphical User Interface:
Control Panels, Interactors, and Macros"</A>
<LI><A HREF="usrgu045.htm#HDRUNDUS4">Chapter 8. "Graphical User Interface:
Menus, Options, and the Message Window"</A>
<LI><A HREF="usrgu047.htm#HDRUNDUS5">Chapter 9. "Graphical User Interface: For
Advanced Users"</A>
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If you intend to use only existing visual programs, see
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<LI><A HREF="usrgu039.htm#HDREXVP">5.4 , "Executing a Visual Program"</A>
<LI><A HREF="usrgu040.htm#HDRUSEIMAG">6.1 , "Using the Image Window"</A>
<LI><A HREF="usrgu042.htm#HDRCOLMAPE">6.3 , "Using the Colormap Editor"</A>.
<LI><A HREF="usrgu043.htm#HDRBUICO">7.1 , "Using Control Panels and
Interactors"</A>
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<LI><A HREF="usrgu050.htm#HDRUSL">Chapter 10. "Data Explorer Scripting
Language"</A> presents a more traditional approach to
creating data visualizations.
In this connection, see also
<A HREF="refgu008.htm#HDRMDA">Chapter 1. "Data Explorer Tools"</A> in <I>IBM
Visualization Data Explorer User&#39;s Reference</I>.
<LI><A HREF="usrgu062.htm#HDRAPPVIZ">Appendix A. "Using Data Explorer: Some
Useful Hints"</A> describes some of the ways to use Data Explorer
more effectively.
<LI><A HREF="usrgu067.htm#HDRIMD">Appendix B. "Importing Data: File Formats"</A>
discusses various data formats that
Data Explorer can import, including Data Explorer&#39;s native format.
<LI>The remaining appendixes contain information of varying interest
to different users:
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<LI><A HREF="usrgu073.htm#HDRAPB">Appendix C. "Environment Variables and Command
Line Options"</A>
<LI><A HREF="usrgu075.htm#HDRAPF">Appendix D. "User Interface Configuration"</A>
<LI><A HREF="usrgu076.htm#HDRAPC">Appendix E. "Data Explorer Fonts"</A>
<LI><A HREF="usrgu077.htm#HDRINTCOLS">Appendix F. "Data Explorer Colors"</A>
<LI><A HREF="usrgu078.htm#HDRAPD">Appendix G. "Accelerator Keys"</A>.
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